Staff and wire report :
July 5, 2014
: Updated: July 5, 2014 9:59pm

Kayla McBride (left) is congratulated by teammate Danielle Robinson after McBride hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left for the Stars. The shot capped a comeback against Indiana, which was up by 13 points with over five minutes to go.

Indiana led by 13 with just more than five minutes left before the Stars rallied. The Fever trailed 68-67 with 6.8 seconds left when Briann January hit a 3-pointer to give them the lead.

McBride answered from the wing for the winner. The rookie finished with a team-high 14 points.

“We were just trying to create some motion, and I was there to shoot it,” McBride said.

“Our defense was what did it for us. We were down with four minutes to go and just got stop after stop.”

It was McBride's second game-winning 3-pointer this season. She also made one with 13.4 seconds left in an 82-79 win over Tulsa on May 28 at the AT&T Center.

The Stars went 3-1 on a road trip that saw them play four games in seven days. It was only the second time since the franchise moved from Utah to San Antonio in 2003 that the team has played four straight road games during that same span. In 2012, the team went 4-0 on a similar road trip.

Playing in her first game of the season after missing the first 17 with a sore back, Catchings finished with six points, seven rebounds, four assists, three blocks and two steals. She had one last chance for the Fever (8-10), but she was double-teamed after taking the inbounds pass and never got off a shot.

Saturday's loss was the fourth straight at home by the Fever after leading in the second half. It was the fifth defeat this season in which Indiana possessed a double-digit lead.

While it is a startling trend, Fever coach Lin Dunn is hopeful that having the experienced Catchings back will help avoid the recent late-game collapses. Dunn said there is one key theme that has played out in the recent frustrating stretch.

“Bad decisions,” Dunn said. “We're not doing a good enough job in crunch time of taking care of the basketball. We're still learning the hard way.”

For Catchings, just being back isn't good enough.

“When we look at what kind of team we want to have down the stretch, we want to win a championship,” Catchings said.

Danielle Adams, a former Texas A&M standout, scored 13 for the Stars (10-9) and had four blocks. Danielle Robinson and Sophia Young-Malcolm each had 10 points.